Alex Marwood

One fateful summer morning in 1986, two 11-year-old girls meet for the first time and by the end of the day are charged with murder. Twenty-five years later, journalist Kirsty Lindsay is reporting on a series of attacks on young female tourists in a seaside town when her investigation leads her to interview funfair cleaner Amber Gordon. For Kirsty and Amber, it's the first time they've seen each other since that dark day when they were just children. But with new lives ? and families ? to protect, will they really be able to keep their secret hidden?

The Wicked Girls

A new novel of insidious secrets and chilling revelations surrounding a mysterious cult--the latest gripping psychological thriller from Alex Marwood When nearly one hundred members of The Ark, a sinister apocalypse cult are found dead by poison at their isolated community in North Wales, those left alive are scattered to the winds with few coping skills and fewer answers. For twenty-three-year-old Romy, who has never known life outside the compound, learning how to live in a world she has been taught to fear is terrifying. Now Romy must start a new life for herself--and the child growing inside her. She is determined to find the rest of her family and keep her baby safe, no matter the cost. But as the horrors of her past start to resurface, she realizes that leaving her old life behind won't be easy. Outside the walls of The Ark, the real evil has only just begun. A brilliantly plotted, page-turning novel from "one of psychological suspense's best writers" (The Boston Globe), The Poison Garden will leave you stunned.

The Poison Garden

"Real estate mogul Sean Jackson is throwing himself a splashy fiftieth birthday party, but trouble starts almost immediately: his ex-wife has sent his teenage daughters to the party without telling him; his current wife has fired the nanny; and he's finding it difficult to sneak away to his mistress. Then something truly terrible happens: one of his three-year-old twins goes missing. No trace of her is ever found. The attendees of the party, nicknamed the Jackson Associates by the press, become infamous overnight"--

The Darkest Secret

No. 23 has a secret. In this bedsit-riddled south London wreck, lorded over by a lecherous landlord, something waits to be discovered. Yet all six residents have something to hide. Collette and Cher are on the run; Thomas is a reluctant loner; while a gorgeous Iranian asylum seeker and a 'quiet man' nobody sees try to stay hidden. And watching over them all is Vesta - or so she thinks. In the dead of night, a terrible accident pushes the neighbours into an uneasy alliance. But one of them is a killer, expertly hiding their pastime, all the while closing in on their next victim... As a cloying heatwave suffocates the city, events build to an electrifying climax in this dark, original and irresistibly compelling thriller.

The Killer Next Door

'Gripping, stomach-churning . . . Marwood is in a class of her own' LISA JEWELL, author of THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS'A ripped-from-the-headlines thriller . . . I couldn't put it down' MARK EDWARDS, author of HERE TO STAY________________Sun-drenched glamour and obscene wealth hide the darkest of secrets and lost girls in this ripped-from-the-headlines thriller.1985For twelve-year-old Mercedes, La Kastellana is the place she calls home. It is an island untouched by the modern world, with deep-rooted traditions - though that is all about to change with the arrival of multimillionaire Matthew Meade and his spoiled young daughter, Tatiana. The Meades bring with them unimaginable wealth, but the price they will all pay is far darker than Mercedes and the islanders could ever have imagined.2016Robin is desperately searching for her seventeen-year-old daughter Gemma, who has been missing for over a year. Finding herself on La Kastellana, the island playground of the international jet set, Robin is out of her depth. Nobody wants to help and Robin fears she is running out of time to find her child.But someone has been watching, silently waiting for their moment to expose the dark truth and reveal to the world what really happens on the island of lost girls.

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Island of Lost Girls

Poison Garden

Apologies for the general email, but I desperately need your help. My goddaughter, Coco Jackson, disappeared from her family's holiday home in Bournemouth on the night of Sunday/Monday August 29/30th, the bank holiday weekend just gone. Coco is three years old. When identical twin Coco goes missing during a family celebration, there is a media frenzy. Her parents are rich and influential, as are the friends they were with at their holiday home by the sea. But what really happened to Coco? Over two intense weekends - the first when Coco goes missing and the second twelve years later at the funeral of her father - the darkest of secrets will gradually be revealed... Taut, emotive and utterly compelling, an unputdownable 'ripped from the headlines' novel that you will want to talk about with everyone you know.

Darkest Secret

En sommarmorgon träffas tre unga flickor för första gången. Innan dagen är slut kommer två av dem att anklagas för mord. Sommaren 1986 dömdes två unga flickor till fängelse för mord. Tjugofem år senare rapporterar journalisten Kirsty Lindsay om en rad mycket obehagliga attacker på unga kvinnor. Hennes efterforskningar leder henne till städaren Amber Gordon. Så träffas Kirsty och Amber på nytt, för första gången sedan den där svarta dagen då de var barn. De blir snabbt medvetna om den stora fara de befinner sig i. Och med nya identiteter  och familjer  att skydda är de beredda att göra vad som helst för att bevara sin hemlighet. ALEX MARWOOD är en pseudonym för den brittiska journalisten och författaren Serena Mackesy, krönikör i The Independent. Onda flickor är hennes första kriminalroman och den första bok hon skrivit under namnet Alex Marwood. »Onda flickor är en mångbottnad kriminalroman av hög klass. Den är gediget välskriven och skulle kunna bli en utmärkt miniserie för tv - utan att manusförfattarna behöver göra särskilt många ändringar vare sig i dramaturgin eller dialogerna.« TORBJÖRN ELENSKY, TIDNINGEN VI »Genuint skrämmande och känslomässigt omtumlande... oemotståndlig.« VAL MCDERMID »Den här otroliga historien kommer att sätta sig i huvudet på dig. Två veckor efter att jag läst Onda flickor kan jag fortfarande inte sluta tänka på den. Årets bok.« THE SUN »Onda flickor är fullkomligt uppslukande... jag kunde inte lägga den ifrån mig.« JOJO MOYES

Onda flickor

On The Undercliff

Marwood is wereldwijd doorgebroken met de bestseller Waar is ze? Huis nummer 23 herbergt een geheim. In deze bouwval, beheerd door een verdorven huurbaas, staat iets op het punt onthuld te worden. En alle zes de bewoners van de appartementen hebben dingen te verbergen. Collette en Cher zijn op de vlucht. Thomas is een onwillige einzelgänger. En de zeer aantrekkelijke Iraanse asielzoeker en een ‘stille’ man, die niemand ooit heeft gezien, proberen zich verborgen te houden. Vesta, de lieve dame uit het souterrain, houdt ze allemaal haarscherp in de gaten – of tenminste, dat denkt ze. In het holst van de nacht zorgt een verschrikkelijk ongeluk ervoor dat de buren een ongemakkelijk verbond moeten sluiten. Maar één van hen is een moordenaar die alle zonden op een listige manier verbergt. Ondertussen wordt het net rondom het volgende slachtoffer steeds verder gesloten... Over de boeken van Alex Marwood ‘Verschrikkelijk spannend. Geweldige personages.’ Stephen King ‘Ik kan niet wachten om erachter te komen wat Marwood hierna gaat doen.’ Jojo Moyes ‘Na Marwoods geweldige debuut maakt ze alle verwachtingen voor haar tweede boek meer dan waar.’ The Guardian ‘Duister, intrigerend en verslavend, Marwood heeft weer indruk gemaakt.’ The Sun

hoe goed ken jij je buren eigenlijk?

Achter de voordeur

Ze zeiden dat het meisje in de nacht verdween. Ze logen.

Waar is ze?

OM ONDA FLICKOR: Vinnare av en Edgar Award för Bästa nya deckare i pocket 2014 En av årets absolut bästa.LOTTA OLSSON, DN En fantastisk kriminalroman. Ett av de mest oväntade och dramatiska slut jag läst på mycket länge. GUNILLA WEDDING, SKÅNSKA DAGBLADET Genuint skrämmande och känslomässigt omtumlande. oemotståndlig. VAL MCDERMID åstadkommer en konstant klump-i-magen-spänning.ÖSTGÖTA CORRESPONDENTEN Det gamla huset på Beulah Grove i södra London ruvar på många hemligheter. Hyresgästerna i de förfallna lägenheterna har alla mycket att dölja, för omvärlden och för varandra. När Collette flyttar in lär hon snart känna Cher, en femtonårig tjej som i likhet med henne själv befinner sig på flykt. Båda har svårt att begripa sig på den tafatt vänlige Thomas i lägenheten högst upp, och Collette dras i stället till Hossein, som flytt från Iran och nu väntar på besked angående sin asylansökan. Enstöringen Gerard Bright i lägenheten bredvid håller å sin sida på att driva henne till vansinne med sin klassiska musik. Längst ner bor den sextionioåriga Vesta, som levt i huset hela sitt liv och håller ett vakande öga på de andra. En ödesdiger sommarnatt inträffar något som tvingar dem att ingå en ostadig allians. De måste nu samarbeta för att bevara den hemlighet som knyter dem samman. Men det är bara en av dem som vet vad det egentligen är som gör att avloppsrören i huset håller på att täppas igen ALEX MARWOOD är en pseudonym för den brittiska journalisten och författaren Serena Mackesy, krönikör i The Independent. Hon slog igenom stort med sin första, kritikerrosade deckare, Onda flickor, som också var den första bok hon skrev under namnet Alex Marwood. Granne med döden [The Killer Next Door] är hennes andra kriminalroman.

Granne med döden

Najmroczniejszy sekret

'Gripping, stomach-churning . . . Marwood is in a class of her own' LISA JEWELL 'Heart stopping' SUNDAY TIMES, CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH 'A ripped-from-the-headlines thriller . . . I couldn't put it down' MARK EDWARDS ________________ Sun-drenched glamour and obscene wealth hide the darkest of secrets and lost girls in this ripped-from-the-headlines thriller. 1985 For twelve-year-old Mercedes, La Kastellana is the place she calls home. It is an island untouched by the modern world, with deep-rooted traditions - though that is all about to change with the arrival of multimillionaire Matthew Meade and his spoiled young daughter, Tatiana. The Meades bring with them unimaginable wealth, but the price they will all pay is far darker than Mercedes and the islanders could ever have imagined. 2016 Robin is desperately searching for her seventeen-year-old daughter Gemma, who has been missing for over a year. Finding herself on La Kastellana, the island playground of the international jet set, Robin is out of her depth. Nobody wants to help and Robin fears she is running out of time to find her child. But someone has been watching, silently waiting for their moment to expose the dark truth and reveal to the world what really happens on the island of lost girls. ________________ FIVE STAR NetGalley reviews 'Superbly written, darkly atmospheric and incredibly creepy (but always page-turningly readable), Alex Marwood has played an absolute blinder with The Island of Lost Girls' 'The author specialises in "ripped from the headlines" thrillers, but has surpassed herself this time' 'This is one of the best beach thrillers I have read' 'Superlative suspense' 'This book is so compelling. So sunny and refreshing with this idyllic island that you just wish you were on and then - wow. A sharp, clever, blisteringly dark and gripping thriller' 'An excellent dual timeline thriller set in the glamorous world of the ultra-rich, where emotions and betrayal run high. Loved it!'

A Gripping Thriller about Extreme Wealth, Lost Girls and Dark Secrets

The Island of Lost Girls

The word-of-mouth bestselling debut from multi-award-winning bestseller Alex Marwood That's us. We're the girls who killed Chloe. We are the devil now. One fateful summer morning in 1986, two eleven-year-old girls meet for the first time and by the end of the day are charged with murder. Twenty-five years later, journalist Kirsty Lindsay is reporting on a series of sickening attacks on young female tourists in a seaside town when her investigation leads her to interview funfair cleaner Amber Gordon. For Kirsty and Amber, it's the first time they've seen each other since that dark day when they were just children. But with new lives - and families - to protect, will they really be able to keep their wicked secret hidden? An absolutely gripping, ripped-from-the-headlines psychological thriller perfect for fans of The Suspect by Fiona Barton and The Rumour by Lesley Kara '[I] devoured every page . . . cleverly plotted and pacy, with all the storylines thundering towards a final, gripping conclusion. I loved it' Elizabeth Haynes Praise for Alex Marwood: 'So good I wish I'd written it myself' VAL McDERMID 'Without a doubt, she is one of crime fiction's brightest stars. Not to be missed' MEGAN ABBOTT 'Alex Marwood has become one of my must-read crime writers' SOPHIE HANNAH 'Scary as hell' STEPHEN KING 'I cancel all engagements for a new novel from Alex Marwood' ERIN KELLY 'Crime writing at its best' LISA JEWELL 'I can't wait to see what Alex Marwood comes up with next' JOJO MOYES _____________________ Don't miss the shocking new novel from Alex Marwood - THE POISON GARDEN is out now

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